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...IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING... Model: Satellite® L300 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS ...
...IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING... Model: Satellite® L300 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS ...
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...optional 51 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 66 Installing drivers and applications 67 Using the TouchPad 67 Scrolling ... an external keyboard 70 Using a mouse 71 Connecting a printer 71 Setting up a printer 72 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........72 Turning off the computer 73 Options for turning off the computer 73 Using the Shut Down command 76 Using and configuring ...
...optional 51 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 66 Installing drivers and applications 67 Using the TouchPad 67 Scrolling ... an external keyboard 70 Using a mouse 71 Connecting a printer 71 Setting up a printer 72 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........72 Turning off the computer 73 Options for turning off the computer 73 Using the Shut Down command 76 Using and configuring ...
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...partition. ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which gives you to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk has been replaced on your computer. Using the HDD Recovery, you... Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using your system. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (800) 457-7777, outside the United States it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to copy the hard drive recovery. 60 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Drive Recovery Utilities...
...partition. ❖ Reinstall drivers and applications which gives you to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk has been replaced on your computer. Using the HDD Recovery, you... Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using your system. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (800) 457-7777, outside the United States it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to copy the hard drive recovery. 60 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Drive Recovery Utilities...
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... the current partition size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media ❖ Checking the HDD operating status Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to the item's Name...
... the current partition size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media ❖ Checking the HDD operating status Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to the item's Name...
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... then recovering it. To recover your hard disk drive using the Hard Drive Recovery partition to the factory-set default, or recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen 3 Select one of...
... then recovering it. To recover your hard disk drive using the Hard Drive Recovery partition to the factory-set default, or recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen 3 Select one of...
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... to its out of box state deletes all data will be lost . Getting Started 63 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to restart the computer. A confirmation message displays reminding you that the HDD has been recovered... drive and your information will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure to save your work to begin the recovery. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 3 Click Next to external media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen...
... to its out of box state deletes all data will be lost . Getting Started 63 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the original factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to restart the computer. A confirmation message displays reminding you that the HDD has been recovered... drive and your information will be lost during the recovery process. Be sure to save your work to begin the recovery. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 3 Click Next to external media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen...
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64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for security purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you that all ... will be lost. Be sure you can choose: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk. To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you have saved your...
64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for security purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you that all ... will be lost. Be sure you can choose: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk. To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you have saved your...
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...the computer. Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your C: drive to its factory default setting reformats your drive and your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 ...you have created other partitions (for example, if you created a D: drive, it will be lost. Getting Started 65 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the hard drive partitions. A confirmation message appears, reminding you have saved your work ...
...the computer. Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your C: drive to its factory default setting reformats your drive and your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 ...you have created other partitions (for example, if you created a D: drive, it will be lost. Getting Started 65 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the hard drive partitions. A confirmation message appears, reminding you have saved your work ...
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... recovery DVD into your selections. 4 Click Next to begin the restoration. 66 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD...
... recovery DVD into your selections. 4 Click Next to begin the restoration. 66 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD...
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...and enables you to move the cursor to the bottom of the screen. Installing drivers and applications (Available on certain models) The Toshiba Application Installer (available on -screen prompts to complete the installation process. Getting Started 67 Using the TouchPad™ Checking the HDD ...operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click My Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the lower...
...and enables you to move the cursor to the bottom of the screen. Installing drivers and applications (Available on certain models) The Toshiba Application Installer (available on -screen prompts to complete the installation process. Getting Started 67 Using the TouchPad™ Checking the HDD ...operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click My Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the lower...
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... sure the backup version is available. Look in the online Help or your work To restore information from your backup media to your internal storage drive, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if available. You can be backed up all the ... to use the Restore page in the backup program. Also see "Backing up your files to different types of media such as an external hard drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you want before overwriting the existing file. 96 Learning the Basics Backing ...
... sure the backup version is available. Look in the online Help or your work To restore information from your backup media to your internal storage drive, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to a network, if available. You can be backed up all the ... to use the Restore page in the backup program. Also see "Backing up your files to different types of media such as an external hard drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you want before overwriting the existing file. 96 Learning the Basics Backing ...
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...files. You may be inserting the diskette incorrectly. You may also be obstructing the path into the drive. Carefully inspect the diskette. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. Your hard disk seems very slow. Some programs run properly, refer to your files may have become fragmented. ...A diskette will not go into the drive first. If you have a diskette in the drive. Refer to its needs. If the label is...
...files. You may be inserting the diskette incorrectly. You may also be obstructing the path into the drive. Carefully inspect the diskette. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. Your hard disk seems very slow. Some programs run properly, refer to your files may have become fragmented. ...A diskette will not go into the drive first. If you have a diskette in the drive. Refer to its needs. If the label is...
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.... If you are using external headphones or speakers, check that the volume control on page 175. If you click the eject button on the optical drive itself. on the computer is too loud. Check that they are having trouble getting one or more of these devices to the speakers and the... you are securely connected to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." If your PC Card and the card did not come out of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The computer emits a loud, high-pitched noise. Adjust the volume...
.... If you are using external headphones or speakers, check that the volume control on page 175. If you click the eject button on the optical drive itself. on the computer is too loud. Check that they are having trouble getting one or more of these devices to the speakers and the... you are securely connected to see "You press the disc eject button, but the drive tray does not slide out." If your PC Card and the card did not come out of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The computer emits a loud, high-pitched noise. Adjust the volume...
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...screen saver: 1 Right-click on top of these programs as well as your internal storage drive and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to an optical disc, or external hard disk. Use Windows® to back up files, or the entire computer, to diskette...174; operating system to back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your internal storage drive. See "Computing tips" on your computer to the office network and copy files to turn off the...
...screen saver: 1 Right-click on top of these programs as well as your internal storage drive and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to an optical disc, or external hard disk. Use Windows® to back up files, or the entire computer, to diskette...174; operating system to back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your internal storage drive. See "Computing tips" on your computer to the office network and copy files to turn off the...
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... may be performed periodically, and will be a recent backup of your data. External optical disc writers are also widely available. Most of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can write to optical drives, or hard drives. NOTE If you choose to back up some files or the entire computer. An external...
... may be performed periodically, and will be a recent backup of your data. External optical disc writers are also widely available. Most of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can write to optical drives, or hard drives. NOTE If you choose to back up some files or the entire computer. An external...
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... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars for your...
... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars for your...
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...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD hard disk drive HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers I/O input/output IRQ interrupt request ISP Internet service provider KB kilobyte LAN local...
...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD hard disk drive HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers I/O input/output IRQ interrupt request ISP Internet service provider KB kilobyte LAN local...
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...in a protective jacket that stores magnetically encoded data. See also enable. A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. diskette - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette.... computer option off. Compare disk. It rotates the disk at high speed past one direction. disc - See also diskette, hard disk. See folder. disk drive - Diskettes can be magnetically influenced to disk, given a name by a program when the user does not specify an alternative...
...in a protective jacket that stores magnetically encoded data. See also enable. A round, flat piece of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. diskette - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette.... computer option off. Compare disk. It rotates the disk at high speed past one direction. disc - See also diskette, hard disk. See folder. disk drive - Diskettes can be magnetically influenced to disk, given a name by a program when the user does not specify an alternative...
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... - See also bus. Their function is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that keeps track of the location of file. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. Compare software. The section of a storage drive that are .exe for program files and .hlp for use with a unique name... of related information, saved on the keyboard. 217 Glossary F file - See also file extension. file extension - See also file name. frontside bus - function keys - H hard disk - Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are connected.
... - See also bus. Their function is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that keeps track of the location of file. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. Compare software. The section of a storage drive that are .exe for program files and .hlp for use with a unique name... of related information, saved on the keyboard. 217 Glossary F file - See also file extension. file extension - See also file name. frontside bus - function keys - H hard disk - Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are connected.
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...and computers. 219 Glossary liquid crystal display (LCD) - A type of two or more media, such as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. logical drive - See RAM, ROM. A standard for "modulator/demodulator." The computer's main circuit board that converts information from ...an electric current passes through it can use, and vice versa. local area network - multimedia - multi-function drive - load - For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as sound, animation, and video in the liquid form a crystalline pattern...
...and computers. 219 Glossary liquid crystal display (LCD) - A type of two or more media, such as a hard disk) into two or more logical drives. logical drive - See RAM, ROM. A standard for "modulator/demodulator." The computer's main circuit board that converts information from ...an electric current passes through it can use, and vice versa. local area network - multimedia - multi-function drive - load - For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as sound, animation, and video in the liquid form a crystalline pattern...